Where Are the Tennis Games?

[LowerWolf]

I'd buy a PS4 Hot Shots Tennis.

Which reminds me, I'm still waiting on PS4 Hot Shots Golf.

[theaub]

Tennis Elbow is fantastic

The mods are very good, and its also notepad based so you can go into the database and edit pretty much anything you want with ease.

[Malcolmpordes]

While waiting (hopefully not in vain) for the next PC tennis game (I've always been a PC games player. Never had a console), my guilty pleasure is tennis games on my iPad.
Some of them are half-decent, and I like the idea of flicking the ball with your finger.
The ones I have are Cross Court Tennis, Stickman Tennis 2015, Hit Tennis 3, Tennis Champion, and Tennis 2012.

[StubbyStan]

Quote: Originally Posted by AnthonyKyne

Great article guys. Just a quick thing on this Rich - we only ever did non-gameplay work for EA on the Tiger Series and we definitely wasn't allowed to use anything that was in those games. So TGC was from scratch. The course designer actually started as a terrain editor for a tank game. Licensing costs are through the roof at the moment. My belief is that the only way we're going to see any innovation in the sports genre is to be creative with it, like we were with the Greg Norman Course Designer. We should do a podcast about it

Thanks for commenting (& for designing a great game in TGC)! My hope is that someone with some creative control & decision making ability will see the buzz surrounding this article & seriously consider making a tennis game. It's been far too long!

[tonybologna]

I wonder if there will ever be another Top Spin Tennis game released on any console? It would probably have to be for PS4 and/or XBox One but I always loved this series of Tennis games.

I thought Grand Slam Tennis was going to be the legit Tennis game with all the hype but it was a disappointment. Not a terrible game but just not what everybody thought it would be.

[Thrash13]

It's crazy to think how long it's been since we've gotten a legit console tennis game. When the PS4/XBox One install base was low, I wasn't too surprised we didn't see a new tennis game. Now that the install base is much higher, however, I'm shocked a developer hasn't taken a chance on a new tennis game. The licensing would be high, but it would surely sell pretty well just for the fact we haven't gotten one in awhile. A new tennis game for consoles is by far at the top of my personal wishlist..

[tonybologna]

Quote: Originally Posted by Thrash13

It's crazy to think how long it's been since we've gotten a legit console tennis game. When the PS4/XBox One install base was low, I wasn't too surprised we didn't see a new tennis game. Now that the install base is much higher, however, I'm shocked a developer hasn't taken a chance on a new tennis game. The licensing would be high, but it would surely sell pretty well just for the fact we haven't gotten one in awhile. A new tennis game for consoles is by far at the top of my personal wishlist..

I totally agree with you. It's time for a new tennis game. Doesn't matter how polished the game will end up being if you ask me either. It's just time for one on either PS4 or XBox One. Not an arcade style game but a tennis game with real professional tennis players.

[pk500]

Tennis is just like boxing. Sadly it's far too much of a niche sport in the U.S. -- the major global market for games -- for a company to justify the development and licensing costs.

Licensed tennis and boxing games are almost guaranteed money losers in the current climate due to their limited appeal and the design crossroads facing all developers of niche titles. Build an arcade game, and the purists scream and don't buy. Build a sim, and casual gamers moan the game is too hard and don't buy.